[Elecraft] [Elecraft-K3] K3S to be discontinued

[lmarion]

The  FAA still uses 13.6 volt AM  around the world, even the Western air 
defense com is same.
The Huge power UPS legacy sytems are part of the same old standard that 
won't die.

leroy  ab7ce


On 11/4/2019 1:24 PM, Rick Bates (WA6NHC) wrote:

> Perhaps since that is the standard voltage for cars, trucks, RVs and other
vehicles.

Commercial communication base-station equipment has been standardized at
-48 volts(*) for quite a while and actually needs to use a voltage converter
for the odd-ball +12 V or 120V AC equipment that has to be run.

(*) -48 volts has been the telephone industry standard since Ma Bell was a
teen-ager!

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402